English Dictionary

probability

IPA（発音記号）

/pɹɒbəˈbɪlɪti/

名詞

The state of being probable; likelihood. / An event that is likely to occur. / The relative likelihood of an event happening.

日本語の意味

ある事象が起こる可能性や見込み。数学的には“確率”として表される数値（0から1の間の値）で示される。 / 起こりうる事象の発生する相対的な度合いや割合。

The probability of rain tomorrow made us change our plans for the picnic.

明日雨が降る可能性があるため、私たちはピクニックの予定を変更しました。

意味（1）

The state of being probable; likelihood.

For, a man may with as great probability derive the Scots pedigree from the Gods, as from Scota that ſuppoſed and counterfeit daughter of the Ægyptian King Pharao, wedded (forſooth) unto Gaithelus, the ſonne of Cecrops founder of Athens. But, as this conceit ariſing from the unskilfulneſſe of Antiquitie, is of the better ſort of ingenuous Scots rejected: […]

意味（2）

An event that is likely to occur.

These waters wash from the rocks such glistering tinctures, that the ground in some places seemeth as guilded, that better iudgements then ours might haue been perswaded, they contained more then probabilities.

意味（3）

The relative likelihood of an event happening.

意味（4）

(mathematics) A number, between 0 and 1, expressing the precise likelihood of an event happening.

The probability of an event A occurring is denoted P(A).

probabilities （ plural ）